TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Sexual offense adjudication and sexual recidivism among juvenile offenders
JO  - Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment
A1  - Caldwell, Michael F.
SP  - 107
EP  - 113
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
N2  - This study compares the recidivism patterns of a cohort of 249 juvenile sexual offenders and 1,780 non-sexual offending delinquents who were released from secured custody over a two and one half year period. The prevalence of sex offenders with new sexual offense charges during the 5 year follow-up period was 6.8%, compared to 5.7% for the non-sexual offenders, a non-significant difference. Juvenile sex offenders were nearly ten times more likely to have been charged with a nonsexual offense than a sexual offense. Eighty-five percent of the new sexual offenses in the follow-up period were accounted for by the non-sex offending delinquents. None of the 54 homicides (including three sexual homicides) was committed by a juvenile sex offender. The implications of the results for recent public policy trends that impose restrictions that are triggered by a sexual offense adjudication are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1079-0632
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11194-007-9042-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -